Chateau Lynch-Bages 2004 Pauillac Bordeaux

Rich and chunky, Lynch-Bages consistently produces one of Bordeaux's finest wines. At 20 years old, this is in a beautiful place with a lovely, crisply defined structure, a brambley, sappy savour lifting the cassis fruit, and truffley, earthy, cigar-box richness which age has developed. If you ever wondered what all the fuss was about with old Bordeaux, this is the wine to try.